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Hair Loss is not always temporary
I have been scouring the internet looking for suggestions or therapies to improve my sad head of hair. All the websites say the same thing as the BCNA fact sheet or similar, "Remember that hair los...
I suspect it's done so as not to add distress, which is understandable but nevertheless devastating if your hair does not come back in some acceptable form. I had a scare two years ago when I started losing hair 2 years after chemo. In the absence of anything else (dermatologist, lots of tests) it's either the letrozole, natural thinning with age or a combination of both on top of damage because of chemo. It's OK, I'm about the only one aware of it and it seems to have stabilised. Would still have had the chemo, but I do wonder about what research, if any, has gone into longer term impact? Some of us like to be a bit prepared. The wigs are still in the drawer though